187
187
Oct 2, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 187
favorite 0
quote 0
chavez has been suffering from cancer. also just to give you and idea how uneven the playing field is in venezuela, just for the sake of a hypothetical scenario, imagine president obama has a national tv network paid for with public funds that he can use whenever he pleases to campaign. that's exactly what chavez has in venezuela. he has a national tv network and also venezuela law allows him to break into programming, even if the broadcasters are private, if the government decides that it is okay to do so. >> whatever kind of campaign he wants they can put it on the air. >> meanwhile, this man has to go through regular channels like candidates here in the huns. he has to pay for air time. pay for spots. to begin with that part of the campaign alone is highly, highly unfair. >> does he have a chance? does he have any kind of chance? >> you saw him there campaigning. he's very energetic. he's traveling by bus. campaigning throughout venezuela by bus. he's visited more than 300 towns. again given the circumstances, it's an u
chavez has been suffering from cancer. also just to give you and idea how uneven the playing field is in venezuela, just for the sake of a hypothetical scenario, imagine president obama has a national tv network paid for with public funds that he can use whenever he pleases to campaign. that's exactly what chavez has in venezuela. he has a national tv network and also venezuela law allows him to break into programming, even if the broadcasters are private, if the government decides that it is...
164
164
Oct 7, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 164
favorite 0
quote 0
president hugo chavez. he voted today in caracas. since chavez was first elected 13 years ago, today's contest was the strongest challenge to his role. latin america is certainly paying close attention to this important election. rafael, tell us about the man challenging hugo chavez and what's at stake for venezuela today? >> what's at stake is they want to keep being a socialist economy and regionally if you speak about that, it's about how venezuela is portrayed in the world as a socialist model driving away many american companies by nationalizing a lot of the companies that used to be there, including many american companies. on today for the first time in 13 years, hugo chavez is facing a real challenger by the name f of -- he's only 40 years old, he has never lost an election. he's incredible what he campaigns and has visited more than 300 towns around the country. and he has been on this nonstop campaigning for the last several months. he attracts a lot of people, but again, chavez has been in power for 13 years as the incumbe
president hugo chavez. he voted today in caracas. since chavez was first elected 13 years ago, today's contest was the strongest challenge to his role. latin america is certainly paying close attention to this important election. rafael, tell us about the man challenging hugo chavez and what's at stake for venezuela today? >> what's at stake is they want to keep being a socialist economy and regionally if you speak about that, it's about how venezuela is portrayed in the world as a...
241
241
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 241
favorite 0
quote 0
there to dedicate the cesar chavez national monument. let's take a listen. >> it drew sfretrength from americans of every race and background who marched and boycotted on behalf of la causia and always inspired by the farm workers themselves, some of whom are with us. this place belongs to you too. but the truth is, we would not be here if it weren't for cesar. growing up as the son of migrant workers who lost their home in the great depression, cesar wasn't easy on his parents. he described himself as capricious. his brother richard had another word for him. stubborn. by the time he reached seventh grade, cesar estimated he had attended 65 elementary schools, following the crop cycles with his family, working odd jobs, sometimes living in roadside tents without electricity or plumbing. it wasn't an easy childhood, but cesar always was different. while other kids could identify all the hottest cars, he memorized the names of labor leaders and politicians. after serving in the navy during world war ii, cesar returned to the fields. it was
there to dedicate the cesar chavez national monument. let's take a listen. >> it drew sfretrength from americans of every race and background who marched and boycotted on behalf of la causia and always inspired by the farm workers themselves, some of whom are with us. this place belongs to you too. but the truth is, we would not be here if it weren't for cesar. growing up as the son of migrant workers who lost their home in the great depression, cesar wasn't easy on his parents. he...
261
261
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 261
favorite 0
quote 0
analysts says the results show chavez is weaker politically in that country. paula newton has been following the vote for us in caracas. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. 10%, he won by 10%, wouldn't seem like any kind of a political victory for the pop position but it was significant in venezuela. when you consider he took every lever he had in the state and that was money and he threw it at this campaign, not in a traditional way we're seeing with ads back home but more in the way of getting people refrigerators, cell phones, new homes, he did everything he could. as a result the economy here has perked up. they're going to have a financial hangover in the next while, even though they are a major oil producing nation. another thing to senior, soledad, we haven't talked about it too much because hugo chavez has been compromised by the election and the cancer he was ball bat theling he sets up with russia and china on the issue of syria. we have to look forward to what he has coming up, whether he will get more serious about trying to help to get some ki
analysts says the results show chavez is weaker politically in that country. paula newton has been following the vote for us in caracas. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. 10%, he won by 10%, wouldn't seem like any kind of a political victory for the pop position but it was significant in venezuela. when you consider he took every lever he had in the state and that was money and he threw it at this campaign, not in a traditional way we're seeing with ads back home but more in the way...
215
215
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 215
favorite 0
quote 0
where we're at right now is the cesar chavez memorial. the president will be unveiling it as a national monument. this is slated as an official event, but in the context of an election year, this is important at least for the obama campaign as the president is trying to reach out to hispanic voters that will be critical to his re-election bid. >> dan lothian, good to see you, as always. thank you, dan. >>> while the presidential contenders are busy raising money, of course, talking foreign policy as well. joe bide sxen paul ryan, they are practicing for their big moment. the vice presidential debate, that is on thursday. the hot topic on the sunday talk shows. let's watch. >>> people enjoy these debates. i would expect a lot of people to be watching. i think paul is going to did a great job, but i also think that joe biden is incredibly gifted when it comes to debating and understanding policy. he is a good orator. >> look, i think he just has to go out there and prosecute the same case the president was prosecuting. i hope that the oppon
where we're at right now is the cesar chavez memorial. the president will be unveiling it as a national monument. this is slated as an official event, but in the context of an election year, this is important at least for the obama campaign as the president is trying to reach out to hispanic voters that will be critical to his re-election bid. >> dan lothian, good to see you, as always. thank you, dan. >>> while the presidential contenders are busy raising money, of course,...
175
175
Oct 7, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 175
favorite 0
quote 0
to the left of chavez. hue glow chavez has been in power for 13 years. >> at least 1,400 pastors across the country plan to take on the irs today. they plan to be making political endorsements from the pulpit which is illegal for churches who receive tax-exept from the government. is al qaeda back? there are signs that an affiliate of the terror group played a role in the benghazi attack that killed ambassador stevens last month. how mump do we have to worry about? michael hayden has run the u.s. intelligence agency under three presidents. he was appointed by bill carolina tochb and was in that post on 9/11. george w. bush later named him cia director, a job he left 23 days after obama came into office. he's now an adviser to the romney campaign. welcome back to the show, general hayden. >> good morning, fareed. thank you. >> there are two possibilities, one, that this is a bunch of bad guys, militants, that got lucky. the other is this is a systematic campaign perhaps directed by one of the major al qaeda
to the left of chavez. hue glow chavez has been in power for 13 years. >> at least 1,400 pastors across the country plan to take on the irs today. they plan to be making political endorsements from the pulpit which is illegal for churches who receive tax-exept from the government. is al qaeda back? there are signs that an affiliate of the terror group played a role in the benghazi attack that killed ambassador stevens last month. how mump do we have to worry about? michael hayden has run...
228
228
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 228
favorite 0
quote 0
despite business ties, chavez has wrangled washington with fiery criticism and support for controversial leaders like the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. >>> this unmanned aircraft was destroyed by israeli defense forces saturday over israeli air space. happened not far from a secret nuclear plant. no one has claimed responsibility for the aircraft. one israeli security analyst says the drone, though, originated in lebanon. but the israeli government has not made any official announcement. >>> on the subject of drones, several americans are now in pakistan protesting u.s. policy. more than 30 members of code pink marched against american drone strikes in pakistan because, according to code pink, those drones are killing way too many civilians. if you're not familiar with code pink it's a feminist group that's made a name for itself for its anti-war demonstrations and for disrupting meetings like this protest at the 2008 republican national convention. >>> joining me now from islamabad is madieu benjamin, co-founder of code pink. mention. >> hi, carol. thanks for having me on. >> t
despite business ties, chavez has wrangled washington with fiery criticism and support for controversial leaders like the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. >>> this unmanned aircraft was destroyed by israeli defense forces saturday over israeli air space. happened not far from a secret nuclear plant. no one has claimed responsibility for the aircraft. one israeli security analyst says the drone, though, originated in lebanon. but the israeli government has not made any official...
224
224
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 224
favorite 0
quote 0
hugo chavez wants to be paid attention to. i don't expect him to be pivoting in any way radically from what he did before. it plays well in caracas. it plays well in venezuela. he is going to continue to be very provocative with the united states no matter who wins the election. >> you heard him say he would vote for obama as opposed to romney. why does he think obama is better than romney? >> reporter: you know, he called obama rational a few nights ago. to univision, president barack obama in a spanish language interview said, we do not see anything that venezuela is doing against the u.s. national interest. that goes against what republicans, including senator marco rubio, has said clearly and loudly. venezuela supports syria. venezuela supports iran. they could, in fact, be supporting hezbollah here in the country, although there isn't any concrete proof of that. those people, the republicans are saying, look, pay attention to venezuela. we need to understand what they're doing in this hemisph e hemisphere. >> paula newton
hugo chavez wants to be paid attention to. i don't expect him to be pivoting in any way radically from what he did before. it plays well in caracas. it plays well in venezuela. he is going to continue to be very provocative with the united states no matter who wins the election. >> you heard him say he would vote for obama as opposed to romney. why does he think obama is better than romney? >> reporter: you know, he called obama rational a few nights ago. to univision, president...
244
244
Oct 6, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 244
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> to venezuela, president hugo chavez is hoping be re-elected this sunday. this when there is a strong challen challenger. paula newton is in caracas and i asked her what the atmosphere was like. >> reporter: there's a lot of apprehension here leading up to these elections on the weekend. it doesn't matter if you support the opposition or the government. many fear that this election race could be so close that one or the other party may not accept the eventual outcome. chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. the opposition says we have no intention of causing intention and we'll resign ourselves to defeat if that is what happens. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. >>> gunk. american airlines say messy passengers are to blame for passengers that came loose on three recent flights. they claim spilled soda and coffee gunked up a seat locking mechanism over time. the incident caused the airline to take 47 planes out
. >>> to venezuela, president hugo chavez is hoping be re-elected this sunday. this when there is a strong challen challenger. paula newton is in caracas and i asked her what the atmosphere was like. >> reporter: there's a lot of apprehension here leading up to these elections on the weekend. it doesn't matter if you support the opposition or the government. many fear that this election race could be so close that one or the other party may not accept the eventual outcome. chavez...
203
203
Oct 8, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 203
favorite 0
quote 0
the other thing he is doing is dedicating a memorial to caesar chavez, aid latino icon and founder of the american farm workers and he is doing this in california that is a blue state that you assume he shored up, but when you do something like this, there is a political calculation in this obviously. he needs the latino vote. it does tend to go for the democrat over a republican candidate by more than 2:1. it is a growing voter block and key in states like nevada, virginia, florida, and even north carolina. there is also that goes on. >> before i get to the foreign policy issue which i want to get to considering that's the theme of the day, first i want to get to the debate. he finally has come out publicly or at least in front of the audience that has become public and made fun of his debate performance and did it in front of 6,000 people. how did that go over? it did go over well obviously. he was in front of a ton of supporters. this is the first time and why it is interesting he was talking about his lackluster debate performance. here is what he said, this was last night in l.a.
the other thing he is doing is dedicating a memorial to caesar chavez, aid latino icon and founder of the american farm workers and he is doing this in california that is a blue state that you assume he shored up, but when you do something like this, there is a political calculation in this obviously. he needs the latino vote. it does tend to go for the democrat over a republican candidate by more than 2:1. it is a growing voter block and key in states like nevada, virginia, florida, and even...
168
168
Oct 6, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. saying we have no intention of causing any trouble. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. gunk. american airlines now says messy passengers are to blame for seats that came loose on at least three recent flights. the airline claims spilled soda and coffee gunked up a seat locking mechanism over time. the incidents forced the airline to take 48 boeing 757 jets out of commission for repairs. the airline had initially said improperly installed saddle clamps were causing the problem. what's behind this explanation and does it all add up? william mcgee is the author of "intentional passengers, the airlines dangerous descent and how to reclaim our skies." what's the deal? do you buy this? >> no. i think most people in the industry think the gunk story is bunk. >> i like that. what they're saying is all this junk got down into the little clip things on the seats and when they put the seats in and clamped them
chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. saying we have no intention of causing any trouble. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. gunk. american airlines now says messy passengers are to blame for seats that came loose on at least three recent flights. the airline claims spilled soda and coffee gunked up a seat locking mechanism over time. the...
157
157
Oct 5, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. saying we have no intention of causing any trouble. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. >> interesting news. now, let's check in with and anderson cooper. >> we are keeping them honest tonight on the program. the tweet that launched a conspiracy, jack welch tweeted this morning about today's jobs nurl, quote, unbelievable jobs numbers. the chicago guys will do anything. it is a huge claim that of course set the political financial world abuzz. we're going the talk to jack welch live about it when he joins me at the top of the hour. also, tonight, how one woman's alleged lie working in a crime lab in massachusetts is calling into question, get this. 34,000 criminal cases. 34,000. people already being released from jail because of this woman's suspected fraud. it is an unbelievable story. all that and a lot more you need to know about the meningitis outbreak, two different scares. >> sounds like a great
chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. saying we have no intention of causing any trouble. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. >> interesting news. now, let's check in with and anderson cooper. >> we are keeping them honest tonight on the program. the tweet that launched a conspiracy, jack welch tweeted this morning about today's jobs...
185
185
Oct 7, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 185
favorite 0
quote 0
chavez is hoping to hold onto power but he's facing a strong challenge from his 13-year rule from his opponent. it's a big week for candidates in this country. president barack obama is hoping to build momentum from that lower unemployment rate to hold a fundraiser in los angeles today, then eahe's heading to ohio. mitt romney is rallying in florida. he's giving a major foreign policy speech tomorrow. >>> we're following a shooting on the campus of the university of south alabama. a student
chavez is hoping to hold onto power but he's facing a strong challenge from his 13-year rule from his opponent. it's a big week for candidates in this country. president barack obama is hoping to build momentum from that lower unemployment rate to hold a fundraiser in los angeles today, then eahe's heading to ohio. mitt romney is rallying in florida. he's giving a major foreign policy speech tomorrow. >>> we're following a shooting on the campus of the university of south alabama. a...
275
275
Oct 10, 2012
10/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 275
favorite 0
quote 0
from president obama to clinton to chavez, from karzai to co colbe colbert, most people probably prefer to mop their own face, but why sweat the small stuff when a stranger does this. >> thank you, you, too -- >> awkward. molested by napkin, it happened to mitt romney as he was posing for a photo with the staff of a florida restaurant called the tin fish. between the rain that showered the candidate and the heat, the owner couldn't resist. >> just looked up and i'm like, i can't let our next president look all sweaty like this in a photograph, so i just folded up some napkins -- >> and his cheek and then he was fending off the offending arm. but joseph didn't just do it once. he went back for seconds. he felt he had to. joseph noticed a shred of napkin -- >> so i felt uncomfortable, do i reach up and grab it? >> oh, no, you didn't. this time, the candidate insi insisted on doing it himself. then hangy gate is on leno. >> look at this. no! horrible. >> candidates -- first a pizza shop owner bear hugs the president. now, a fish restaurant owner mops off the governor's brow without the sec
from president obama to clinton to chavez, from karzai to co colbe colbert, most people probably prefer to mop their own face, but why sweat the small stuff when a stranger does this. >> thank you, you, too -- >> awkward. molested by napkin, it happened to mitt romney as he was posing for a photo with the staff of a florida restaurant called the tin fish. between the rain that showered the candidate and the heat, the owner couldn't resist. >> just looked up and i'm like, i...